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Our bikes from 2003. They've been tuned up & retired from road riding to spend a life on the race track. Hopefully you'll pick up some tips to help with your mantenance or tuning project. Any questions: then ask away. I'll try to answer if I'm not busy. Alot of things have to be your own journey of discovery: I can't give you set-by-step instructions.

Gearbox Cover

 Ok, I've not figured out how to put the pics on one side, & the writing next to it, but this will do for now.

Below you can see my newly modified gearbox cover with it's vents & a paint job.  It was vented before, but I've opened up those holes even more, & you can definately feel the difference with warm air blowing out the back when it's stationary, even.  The middle & front vents do, yes, Really Do, suck in the air, & so when travelling along the whole box is getting a whole load of air into it.

Is It Really Necessary???  Dunno for sure, but a heck of a lot of heat is generated in there, & I live in the hills & take the bike racing......plus the Continental Racers have 'em like this.  (bit of posing value)  Hehe.

 Bottom right is the old gear box cover.  I sanded off the old coating with wet & dry emery paper, & then painted it with "chrome paint"....I didn't really believe it's come out like a mirror as shown on the can, but it's a notch above ya boring ol' silver, I'd say.

If I were riding on dirt roads as I used to then I would cover the vents with tape.  I have done some dirt roads & found dust in with the variator rollers.

I replaced the old allen screw fasteners with good carbon steel hex head screws which are loctited in with medium strength thread lock.  Put stainless washers under them, too.   Bling!

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Gearbox coverOld gearbox cover

Comments

 

VENTURI said:

Good stuff Rob. I have modded mine a little, but was a little apprehensive to open up the front like that, due to possible road debris.

Let us know if its works, because I know your Bandit is Hungry for belts.

Very Bling my friend!

October 4, 2007 9:51 AM
 

rpmorrell said:

Yes it works good.  

They've open like the bottom most picture for quite some months.  Increased vents last week, & Shelley's had some rides into town.

Shelley was thinking some stainless mesh over them to help protect.

Your riding would be completely different from ours.

We rarely venture into town (you can tell by Shelley's affinity with grass, eh?  :)

Mine gets through belts because it's the Guinea pig.

Also my bike had a gearbox problem that was giving out a red herring seize.....me thinking the seize was from the engine when in fact it was the final drive gearbox.

The life of my bike compared to Shelley's had been harsh: abusive even.  Hooning around our paddock 2-up......this was before they became Malossi-pimped racing bikes.  :)

I'm presently resolving an issue with parts compatibility to get some new gears & bearings in the final drive, & then it should be right.

I'll post "New Gears" adventures in following posts.

October 4, 2007 1:42 PM

About rpmorrell

Me & Mrs (Shelley) race our deregistered SMC-built Bug Bandits. They're equipped with:- Gianelli chrome pipe. Carbon Reeds. Malossi 70cc. Vented gearbox case. Malossi variator. OEM Bando belt. Yellow contra spring. Pod filter with 125jet Ported Adjustable clutch

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